Family Caregiving Course

Identify your pre-caregiver self and balance, documenting priorities, boundaries, and finances. Have open family conversations about end-of-life wishes, plans, and care responsibilities to build a strong caregiving foundation.

Create an emergency plan with a written call list and medication details, plus a portable care file of doctors, dosages, and records to share during crises.

Learn when to call emergency services in emergencies, such as unconsciousness, sudden changes, seizures, or falls, and follow emergency plan by sharing your address and phone number with emergency services.

Discuss living wills and do-not-resuscitate orders with your family and tackle estates and wills early. These difficult conversations clarify what they want, reduce future conflict, and strengthen caregiving families.

Master time management for family caregiving by prioritizing tasks, doing the things you don't want to do first, and scheduling daily, weekly, and monthly plans with others.

Master time management by prioritizing tasks, working smart, and scheduling daily and weekly plans. Optimize productivity, manage tasks, pay attention to time, coordinate with others, and communicate to reduce overwhelm.

Learn nonviolent communication to improve caregiving relationships by framing requests as questions, speaking with compassion, and practicing patience to reduce conflict at home with family, patients, kids, and colleagues.

Learn to strengthen caregiving relationships by practicing true presence: listen with intent, minimize distractions, and use sensory awareness to stay grounded and reduce neglect.

Set clear privacy boundaries for caregivers and patients using nonviolent communication. Manage visitors, door etiquette, private time, and consent in discussions about autonomy and respect.

Navigate caregiving with confidence by recognizing limits in medical knowledge, knowing when to call emergency services, and implementing essential home care practices like skincare, mobility, hygiene, and open patient discussions.

Recognize sleep deprivation as a common challenge for family caregivers and prioritize self-care with catnaps, downtime, meditation, and gentle strategies for insomnia.

Explore how health deterioration affects families and caregivers, and learn practical coping: plan healthy meals, pack snacks, and maintain energy through exercise and self-care.

Learn how caregiving can trigger social isolation and loneliness, and discover practical ways to rebuild connections through nature, caregiver groups, journaling, and self-development.

Question your spirituality and discover gifts in caregiving through journaling, staying present in the now, and building resilience to find happiness amid hard moments.

Explore the emotional roller coaster of caregiving, showing how events trigger thoughts, emotions, and actions, and learn strategies to regulate emotions, switch to rational thinking, and use relaxation techniques.

Explore how caregiver grief follows stages like denial, anger, sadness, and acceptance, as you grieve the old life and learn to live in the now.

Recognize caregiver burnout in family caregiving by spotting signs like anger, overwhelm, sleep issues, depression, and withdrawal; practice self-care, set and enforce boundaries, seek professional help, and ask for support.

Put yourself in the patient’s shoes to understand isolation, bottled-up emotions, and fears, and explore empathy, spiritual support, and open communication to strengthen caregiving.

Discover the gift in caregiving by reframing challenges, recording knowledge gained, seeking answers, and turning inspiration into action to grow, help others, and deepen bonds.

Discover how the judge sabotages your thoughts and emotions, and learn to dissociate from saboteurs by naming them and using the five senses to quiet ten saboteurs in daily life.

Identify inner saboteurs and the judge, and practice present-moment awareness using the senses to quiet ruminations. Set clear boundaries, reflect on lessons and gifts, and strengthen emotional mastery through practice.

Implement the course lessons by journaling, revisiting topics, and applying practical tips to your family caregiving; embrace kindness to yourself and access a free one-hour coaching session to grow.